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Species of lizard

Colobosauroides carvalhoi
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Genus: Colobosauroides
Species: C. carvalhoi
Binomial name
Colobosauroides carvalhoi
Soares & Caramaschi, 1998

Colobosauroides carvalhoi is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is native to Northeast Region, Brazil.

Etymology

The specific name, carvalhoi, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist Antenor Leitão de Carvalho.

Geographic range

C. carvalhoi is found in the Brazilian states of Bahia and Piauí. The distribution of C. carvalhoi is structured within the southern canyons, with a marked reduction in abundance from the base of rock cliffs through the central portion of the valleys.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. carvalhoi is savanna.

Description

Adults of C. carvalhoi have an average snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 12 cm (4.7 in), with a tail slightly longer than SVL.

Reproduction

C. carvalhoi is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Silveira AL et al. (20 authors) (2021). "Colobosauroides carvalhoi " The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T134881436A134881438.pt. Accessed on 23 January 2022. (in English and Portuguese).
  2. ^ Colobosauroides carvalhoi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 July 2019.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Colobosauroides carvalhoi, p. 49).
  4. Magalhães-Júnior, A. J. C.; Moura, G. J. B.; Ribeiro, L. B.; Azevedo-Júnior, S. M. (2017). "Potential distribution and conservation of the Colobosauroides carvalhoi Soares and Caramaschi, 1998: a rare and endemic lizard of Northeast Brazil". Brazilian Journal of Biology. 77 (4): 686–695. doi:10.1590/1519-6984.15815. ISSN 1678-4375. PMID 28562781.

Further reading

  • Recoder, Renato Sousa; Magalhães-Júnior, Arnaldo; Rodrigues, Juliana; Pinto, Hugo Bonfim de Arruda; Rodrigues, Miguel Trefaut; Camacho, Agustín (2018). "Thermal Constraints Explain the Distribution of the Climate Relict Lizard Colobosauroides carvalhoi (Gymnophthalmidae) in the Semiarid Caatinga". South American Journal of Herpetology 13 (3): 248–259.
  • Soares MA, Caramaschi U (1998). "Espécie nova de Colobosauroides Cunha, Lima-Verde & Lima, 1991 do estado da Bahia, Brasil (Squamata, Sauria, Gymnophthalmidae)". Boletim do Museu Nacional. Zoologia, Nova Série Zoologia, Rio de Janeiro (388): 1–8. (Colobosauroides carvalhoi, new species). (in Portuguese).


Taxon identifiers
Colobosauroides carvalhoi


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